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Windows 7: Hard Drive Issues Regarding Windows

Recently Windows stopped booting on my PC. I was told by a professional that re-installing was probably my best bet, I had figured as much, but I wanted a second opinion.

Then from the thread I linked above, I was told that my hard drive was likely dead. So, two questions; 1. Is a hard drive truly dead if it is detected by BIOS and can be edited in other operating systems? 2. Is it possible to install Windows to an external hard drive?

The problem with that is that the problem computer cannot be booted. Which was the purpose of my posting on these forums in the first place. If I gave you the specs of the computer I am on right now it wouldn't help me or you in the slightest, because this computer (though it is very old and nearly useless) is running just fine. I am still in the process of doing what Ztruker suggested, I will post the results when I am finished.

However,

Quote: Originally Posted by GTraymond2820

Try Disk check and see if there are any errors

In afterthought, I really should have done this to begin with. So I'll just go ahead and do that now, lol. (Better late than never.)

Yeah, thanks for the help guys. The hard drive is definitely gone and dead. Luckily I am one of the few people that took the droning advice and made backups of my files. That's not what's bothering me. What is bothering me is that I can't afford a new hard drive unless it is $50ish.

So, before I mark this as solved, are you absolutely positive that Windows cannot be installed on an external hard drive? If it can't, does anyone know where I can buy a hard drive that is in the $50ish range?

Yeah, thanks for the help guys. The hard drive is definitely gone and dead. Luckily I am one of the few people that took the droning advice and made backups of my files. That's not what's bothering me. What is bothering me is that I can't afford a new hard drive unless it is $50ish.

So, before I mark this as solved, are you absolutely positive that Windows cannot be installed on an external hard drive? If it can't, does anyone know where I can buy a hard drive that is in the $50ish range?

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